Alabama Trivia Questions

From the sweet sounds of Muscle Shoals to the civil rights landmarks of Montgomery, Alabama is rich in history, music, culture, and natural beauty. Whether you’re a proud Alabamian or just curious about the Heart of Dixie, this trivia set will challenge and entertain you.
Answers are provided below!

Round 1 – Multiple Choice Alabama Questions

1. Which city is the capital of Alabama?

a) Birmingham
b) Montgomery
c) Huntsville
d) Mobile

2. What is the nickname of Alabama?

a) The Peach State
b) The Heart of Dixie
c) The Magnolia State
d) The Yellowhammer State

3. Which river forms the western boundary of Alabama?

a) Mississippi River
b) Chattahoochee River
c) Tennessee River
d) Tombigbee River

4. In which year did Alabama become the 22nd state of the United States?

a) 1796
b) 1819
c) 1837
d) 1865

5. What is the highest point in Alabama?

a) Mount Cheaha
b) Mount Baldy
c) Mount Everest
d) Mount Mitchell

6. What is the official state bird of Alabama?

a) Northern Mockingbird
b) Yellowhammer
c) Bald Eagle
d) Brown Thrasher

7. Which university’s football team is known as the Crimson Tide?

a) University of Alabama
b) Auburn University
c) Alabama State University
d) University of South Alabama

8. What is the official state flower of Alabama?

a) Rose
b) Daisy
c) Camellia
d) Magnolia

9. Which U.S. President was born in Alabama?

a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Andrew Jackson
d) Ronald Reagan

10. Which of the following is not a nickname for Birmingham?

a) The Magic City
b) The Steel City
c) The Rocket City
d) The Pittsburgh of the South

11. Who is known as the “Father of the Blues” and was born in Florence, Alabama?

a) Ray Charles
b) B.B. King
c) W.C. Handy
d) Muddy Waters

12. What is the name of the annual music festival held in Birmingham, Alabama, featuring diverse musical genres and local artists?

a) Rock the South
b) Hangout Fest
c) Sloss Fest
d) CukoRakko Music & Arts Festival

13. Which famous race is held annually at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama?

a) Indianapolis 500
b) Daytona 500
c) Talladega 500
d) NASCAR Cup Series

14. What is the name of the famous beach destination on the Gulf Coast of Alabama?

a) Myrtle Beach
b) Miami Beach
c) Gulf Shores
d) Daytona Beach

15. What is the name of the oldest continually inhabited city in Alabama, founded by the French in 1702?

a) Mobile
b) Montgomery
c) Tuscaloosa
d) Huntsville

Round 1 – Answers

1. Which city is the capital of Alabama?

Answer: b) Montgomery

2. What is the nickname of Alabama?

Answer: d) The Yellowhammer State

3. Which river forms the western boundary of Alabama?

Answer: a) Mississippi River

4. In which year did Alabama become the 22nd state of the United States?

Answer: b) 1819

5. What is the highest point in Alabama?

Answer: a) Mount Cheaha

6. What is the official state bird of Alabama?

Answer: b) Yellowhammer

7. Which university’s football team is known as the Crimson Tide?

Answer: a) University of Alabama

8. What is the official state flower of Alabama?

Answer: c) Camellia

9. Which U.S. President was born in Alabama?

Answer: d) Ronald Reagan

10. Which of the following is not a nickname for Birmingham?

Answer: c) The Rocket City

11. Who is known as the “Father of the Blues” and was born in Florence, Alabama?

Answer: c) W.C. Handy

12. What is the name of the annual music festival held in Birmingham, Alabama, featuring diverse musical genres and local artists?

Answer: c) Sloss Fest

13. Which famous race is held annually at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama?

Answer: c) Talladega 500

14. What is the name of the famous beach destination on the Gulf Coast of Alabama?

Answer: c) Gulf Shores

15. What is the name of the oldest continually inhabited city in Alabama, founded by the French in 1702?

Answer: a) Mobile

Round 2 – Multiple Choice Alabama Questions

1. Which of the following is a famous annual music festival held in Birmingham, Alabama?

a) Coachella
b) Bonnaroo
c) Hangout Music Fest
d) Sloss Music & Arts Festival

2. What is the primary language spoken in Alabama?

a) English
b) Spanish
c) French
d) German

3. Which of the following is a famous civil rights landmark in Montgomery, Alabama?

a) Statue of Liberty
b) Lincoln Memorial
c) Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
d) Mount Rushmore

4. Which Alabama city is known for its association with the U.S. space program?

a) Mobile
b) Birmingham
c) Huntsville
d) Tuscaloosa

5. What is the largest city in Alabama by population?

a) Birmingham
b) Mobile
c) Montgomery
d) Huntsville

6. Who is the author of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, which is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama?

a) Harper Lee
b) Mark Twain
c) William Faulkner
d) Truman Capote

7. What is the name of the famous underground cave system in northern Alabama?

a) Mammoth Cave
b) Carlsbad Caverns
c) Ruby Falls
d) Russell Cave

8. Which of the following is a famous historic site related to the Civil Rights Movement, located in Birmingham, Alabama?

a) Liberty Bell
b) Edmund Pettus Bridge
c) 16th Street Baptist Church
d) Alamo

9. What is the name of the famous music studio located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama?

a) Abbey Road Studios
b) Sun Studio
c) Fame Studios
d) Electric Lady Studios

10. Which of the following is a traditional food of Alabama?

a) Gumbo
b) Jambalaya
c) Fried Green Tomatoes
d) Tacos

11. Which of the following is a famous historical site in Mobile, Alabama?

a) The Alamo
b) Fort Morgan
c) Gettysburg National Military Park
d) The White House

12. What is the highest point in Alabama?

a) Cheaha Mountain
b) Mount Mitchell
c) Lookout Mountain
d) Red Mountain

13. What is the primary industry associated with the city of Mobile, Alabama?

a) Aerospace
b) Shipbuilding
c) Technology
d) Automobile manufacturing

14. Which national park in Alabama preserves the site where the Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay took place?

a) Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
b) Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
c) Russell Cave National Monument
d) Fort Morgan Historic Site

15. Which famous jazz trumpeter and bandleader, nicknamed “Satchmo,” was born in Mobile, Alabama?

a) Duke Ellington
b) Miles Davis
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Dizzy Gillespie

Round – 2 Answers

1. Which of the following is a famous annual music festival held in Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer: d) Sloss Music & Arts Festival

2. What is the primary language spoken in Alabama?

Answer: a) English

3. Which of the following is a famous civil rights landmark in Montgomery, Alabama?

Answer: c) Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

4. Which Alabama city is known for its association with the U.S. space program?

Answer: c) Huntsville

5. What is the largest city in Alabama by population?

Answer: a) Birmingham

6. Who is the author of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, which is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama?

Answer: a) Harper Lee

7. What is the name of the famous underground cave system in northern Alabama?

Answer: d) Russell Cave

8. Which of the following is a famous historic site related to the Civil Rights Movement, located in Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer: c) 16th Street Baptist Church

9. What is the name of the famous music studio located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama?

Answer: c) Fame Studios

10. Which of the following is a traditional food of Alabama?

Answer: c) Fried Green Tomatoes

11. Which of the following is a famous historical site in Mobile, Alabama?

Answer: b) Fort Morgan

12. What is the highest point in Alabama?

Answer: a) Cheaha Mountain

13. What is the primary industry associated with the city of Mobile, Alabama?

Answer: b) Shipbuilding

14. Which national park in Alabama preserves the site where the Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay took place?

Answer: d) Fort Morgan Historic Site

15. Which famous jazz trumpeter and bandleader, nicknamed “Satchmo,” was born in Mobile, Alabama?

Answer: c) Louis Armstrong

Round 3 – Multiple Choice Alabama Questions

1. Which of the following is a historic site in Tuskegee, Alabama, associated with African American history?

a) Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
b) Ellis Island
c) Mount Vernon
d) Pearl Harbor

2. What is the state tree of Alabama?

a) Oak
b) Pine
c) Redbud
d) Southern Longleaf Pine

3. Which river in Alabama is famous for its crystal-clear water and is popular for tubing and kayaking?

a) Cahaba River
b) Black Warrior River
c) Tallapoosa River
d) Coosa River

4. Which of the following is a famous natural landmark in Alabama known for its unique sandstone formations?

a) Grand Canyon
b) Bryce Canyon
c) Little River Canyon
d) Niagara Falls

5. Which Alabama city is known as the “Rocket City”?

a) Montgomery
b) Birmingham
c) Huntsville
d) Mobile

6. Which of the following cities is not located in Alabama?

a) Tuscaloosa
b) Mobile
c) Biloxi
d) Auburn

7. The University of Alabama is located in which city?

a) Birmingham
b) Auburn
c) Tuscaloosa
d) Huntsville

8. Which famous civil rights activist was born in Alabama?

a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Malcolm X
c) Rosa Parks
d) Harriet Tubman

9. Which of the following is NOT a nickname for Alabama?

a) Heart of Dixie
b) Cotton State
c) Sweet Home Alabama
d) The Big Easy

10. Which of the following is NOT a National Park in Alabama?

a) Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
b) Little River Canyon National Preserve
c) Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
d) Great Smoky Mountains National Park

11. What is the nickname of Alabama’s Interstate 65, which runs north-south through the state?

a) Yellowhammer Highway
b) Dixie Highway
c) Gulf Coast Expressway
d) Alabama Autobahn

12. What is the nickname of Auburn University’s sports teams?

a) Bulldogs
b) Tigers
c) Wildcats
d) Eagles

13. Which of the following is NOT a product for which Alabama is a major producer?

a) Peanuts
b) Soybeans
c) Cotton
d) Apples

14. Which of the following is NOT a famous Alabama-born athlete?

a) Jesse Owens
b) Bo Jackson
c) Hank Aaron
d) Michael Jordan

15. Who was the first European explorer to reach Alabama?

a) Christopher Columbus
b) Hernando de Soto
c) Juan Ponce de León
d) Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Round – 3 Answers

1. Which of the following is a historic site in Tuskegee, Alabama, associated with African American history?

Answer: a) Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

2. What is the state tree of Alabama?

Answer: d) Southern Longleaf Pine

3. Which river in Alabama is famous for its crystal-clear water and is popular for tubing and kayaking?

Answer: a) Cahaba River

4. Which of the following is a famous natural landmark in Alabama known for its unique sandstone formations?

Answer: c) Little River Canyon

5. Which Alabama city is known as the “Rocket City”?

Answer: c) Huntsville

6. Which of the following cities is not located in Alabama?

Answer: c) Biloxi

7. The University of Alabama is located in which city?

Answer: c) Tuscaloosa

8. Which famous civil rights activist was born in Alabama?

Answer: c) Rosa Parks

9. Which of the following is NOT a nickname for Alabama?

Answer: d) The Big Easy

10. Which of the following is NOT a National Park in Alabama?

Answer: d) Great Smoky Mountains National Park

11. What is the nickname of Alabama’s Interstate 65, which runs north-south through the state?

Answer: b) Dixie Highway

12. What is the nickname of Auburn University’s sports teams?

Answer: b) Tigers

13. Which of the following is NOT a product for which Alabama is a major producer?

Answer: d) Apples

14. Which of the following is NOT a famous Alabama-born athlete?

Answer: d) Michael Jordan

15. Who was the first European explorer to reach Alabama?

Answer: b) Hernando de Soto

Round 4 – Multiple Choice Alabama Questions

1. What is the name of the annual college football rivalry game between the University of Alabama and Auburn University?

a) Iron Bowl
b) Cotton Bowl
c) Sugar Bowl
d) Peach Bowl

2. Which famous Alabama author wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple”?

a) Harper Lee
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Alice Walker
d) Fannie Flagg

3. Who was the first African American woman to serve as mayor of a major Alabama city, Birmingham?

a) Sheila Tyson
b) Carole Smitherman
c) LaRuby May
d) Vi Lyles

4. Which Alabama city is known as the “Fountain City”?

a) Decatur
b) Anniston
c) Florence
d) Gadsden

5. Which Alabama city is known as the “Catfish Capital of the World”?

a) Selma
b) Demopolis
c) Florence
d) Eufaula

6. What is the name of the famous fried chicken restaurant chain founded in Alabama in 1952?

a) KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
b) Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
c) Bojangles’
d) Church’s Chicken

7. Which of the following cities is not part of the Huntsville metropolitan area?

a) Athens
b) Decatur
c) Florence
d) Madison

8. What is the name of the historic trail in Alabama that commemorates the forced removal of Native American tribes in the 1830s?

a) Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
b) Alabama Civil Rights Trail
c) Natchez Trace Trail
d) Selma to Montgomery Trail

9. Which of the following is not a major interstate highway that passes through Alabama?

a) Interstate 65
b) Interstate 20
c) Interstate 85
d) Interstate 95

10. Which Alabama city is known as the “Peanut Capital of the World”?

a) Dothan
b) Montgomery
c) Mobile
d) Birmingham

11. Which of the following is not a major tributary of the Mobile River?

a) Alabama River
b) Tombigbee River
c) Cahaba River
d) Coosa River

12. What is the name of the historical event that occurred in Tuskegee, Alabama, where African American pilots were trained during World War II?

a) Tuskegee Airmen Project
b) Tuskegee Experiment
c) Tuskegee Syphilis Study
d) Tuskegee Airmen Program

13. Which U.S. president was born in Hope Hull, Alabama?

a) Ronald Reagan
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Jimmy Carter
d) Lyndon B. Johnson

14. What is the primary industry associated with the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama?

a) Aerospace
b) Manufacturing
c) Education
d) Agriculture

15. Which iconic Southern dish, consisting of greens and pork, is a traditional part of Alabama cuisine?

a) Grits
b) Jambalaya
c) Gumbo
d) Collard greens with ham hocks

16. What is the name of the historic district in Montgomery, Alabama, known for its role in the civil rights movement and the Rosa Parks Museum?

a) Old Town
b) Five Points
c) Dexter Avenue Historic District
d) Cloverdale

Round – 4 Answers